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THIEL, Peter

Man-of-many-passports Peter Thiel has been in something of a holding pattern over the past year.

The Californian-based, German-born New Zealand citizen made his initial fortune through PayPal, sold to eBay in 2002 for $US1.5b. Two years later, he became the first outside investor in Facebook, taking a 10.2% stake for $US500,000.